Topics in Group Theory /

The theory of groups is simultaneously a branch of abstract algebra and the study of symmetry. Designed to support a reader engaged in a first serious group theory course, or a mathematically mature reader approaching the subject for the first time, this book reviews the essentials. It recaps the ba...

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Main Author: Smith, Geoff C.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tabachnikova, Olga M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint : Springer, 2000.
Series:Springer undergraduate mathematics series.
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